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NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity: Five Years on Mars
The rovers have made important discoveries about wet and violent environments on ancient Mars. They have returned a quarter-million images, driven more than 21 kilometers (13 miles), climbed a mountain, descended into craters, struggled with sand traps and aging hardware, survived dust storms, and relayed more than 36 gigabytes of data via NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter.
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